Resmaa Menakem: podcast appearances and interviews

Resmaa Menakem, born Chester Mason Jr, is an American author and psychotherapist whose work concentrates on the effects of trauma on the human body and its intersections with race and society. He explores themes related to white body supremacy and racism in America, providing insights into how trauma manifests physically and psychologically. Menakem is the author of 'My Grandmother’s Hands: Racialized Trauma and the Pathway to Mending our Hearts and Bodies,' published in September 2017, which gained recognition by appearing on the New York Times bestseller list in May 2021. His other notable work, 'The Quaking of America: An Embodied Guide to Navigating our Nation's Upheaval and Racial Reckoning,' was published in 2022. These books reflect his focus on embodied healing and social change. Menakem is also the founder of the Cultural Somatics Institute, an organization dedicated to addressing trauma and racial injustice through somatic practices. His approach is characterized by innovative, multi-layered thinking and structural paradigm shifts aimed at fostering healing at both individual and collective levels.